few_shots: Example:
Problem/activity:
Task
Cruz and Erica were both getting ready for soccer.
Cruz ran 1 lap around the school.
Erica ran 3 laps around the playground.
Erica said,
I ran more laps, so I ran farther.
Cruz said,
4 laps around the school is 1 mile, but it takes 12 laps around the playground to go 1 mile. My laps are much longer, so I ran farther.
Who is right? Draw a picture to help you explain your answer.


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
B. Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
C. Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
D. Develop Understanding of fractions as numbers.
Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.
E. Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
F. Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.


Thought: In this problem, students learn to recognize equivalent fractions. That is, three laps around the playground is 3/12 mile, which is equivalent to 1/4, which is one lap around the school.
Answer: B

Now, assign the following problem or activity to one or more relevant mathematical concepts/skills it teaches.
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options: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to whole numbers less than or equal to 1,000,000.

Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to whole numbers less than or equal to 1,000,000.

Understand the place value system.

Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic. (A range of algorithms may be used.)

Work with numbers 11–19 to gain foundations for place value.

Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.

Understand place value.

Extend the counting sequence.

Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
problem_activity: Narrative
In this activity, students find the value of sums with larger numbers using any method that makes sense to them. They may represent their thinking using connecting cubes, drawings, equations, or words. Monitor for the ways students use methods based on place value, including the language they use to describe composing a ten when adding tens and tens and ones and ones (MP3, MP6).
MLR8 Discussion Supports.
Synthesis: After a strategy is presented to the class, invite students to turn to a partner and restate what they heard in their own words. Encourage students to borrow language from a display with words and phrases collected from previous lessons.
Advances: Listening, Speaking
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Connecting cubes
Required Preparation
Create connecting cubes in towers of 10 and singles.
Launch
Groups of 2
Give students access to connecting cubes in towers of 10 and singles.
“Now we are going to add larger numbers. Think about how you can show your thinking so others can understand.”
“You have time to work independently before sharing your thinking with a partner.”
Activity
5 minutes: independent work time
5 minutes: partner discussion
Monitor for students who:
Add by place value (
\(27 + 15\)
,
\(20 + 10 = 30\)
,
\(7 + 5 = 12\)
,
\(30 + 12 = 42\)
)
Decompose 1 number to make a 10, then add the rest (
\(27 + 15\)
,
\(27 + 3 = 30\)
,
\(30 + 12 = 42\)
)
Student Facing
Find the value of each sum. Show your thinking using drawings, numbers, or words.
\(37 + 8\)
\(24 + 23\)
\(16 + 30\)
\(39 + 11\)
\(27 + 15\)
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Display
\(27 + 15\)
.
Select previously identified students to share.


correct_option_index: 5